2006/188/EC: Council Decision of  21 February 2006  on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark extending to Denmark the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national and Council Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 concerning the establishment of  Eurodac  for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention
Date: 2006-02-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Denmark, EU Member State, admission of aliens, agreement (EU), biometrics, database, foreign national

8.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 66/37

COUNCIL DECISION

of 21 February 2006

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of
Denmark extending to Denmark the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003
establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for
examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national
and Council Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 concerning the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the
comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention

(2006/188/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

The Agreement should be approved,

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 63(1)(a)
in
conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph
of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3)
thereof,

thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

the
The Commission has negotiated on behalf of
Community
an Agreement between the European
Community and the Kingdom of Denmark extending
to Denmark the provisions of Council Regulations (EC)
No 343/2003 (2) and (EC) No 2725/2000 (3).

The Agreement was signed, on behalf of the European
Community, on 13 March 2005, subject to its possible
in accordance with Council
conclusion at a later date,
Decision of 13 June 2005.

In accordance with Article 3 of
the Protocol on the
position of the United Kingdom and Ireland annexed
the United Kingdom and
to the TEU and the TEC,
Ireland will
in adopting and applying this
Decision.

take part

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on
the position of Denmark annexed tothe TEU and the
TEC, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of
this Decision and is not bound by it nor subject to is
application.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the
Kingdom of Denmark extending to Denmark the provisions
of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 establishing the
criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State
responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in
one of
the Member States by a third-country national and
Council Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 concerning the estab-
lishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the
effective application of
the Dublin Convention is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of
the Council
provided for in Article 10(2) of the Agreement (4).

shall make the notification

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Brussels, 21 February 2006.

For the Council
The President

K. GASTINGER

(1) Opinion delivered on 13 December 2005 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 50, 25.2.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 1.

(4) The date of entry into force of the Agreement shall be the first day
the second month following notification by the contracting

of
parties.